#c!malloy

Faith made her way into the shop just after sunset, flicking her cigarette out the door onto the sidewalk before the door could swing shut. She shoved her hands into the back pockets of her jeans and walked, stiff-legged but casually, through the stacks looking for something she could use. She was really feeling this place, it reminded her of Giles bookstore in Osaka minus the old ladies in kimono pretending to be nice about how high Giles prices were. She made it to the register and knocked on the counter like you would on a door, "Hey, Demon Boy. You here?"

Faith took a sip of the coffee in her hand and slid a book halfway off the shelf to check it's title from behind dark sunglasses. Her eyes ached. She wasn't used to living in sunlight and had walked into the shop from the mid-day street outside, using the daylight to keep Spike and any other nighttime creatures from nosing around in her business.